USI-Bot

USI (Universal Scraper & Integrator) is a specific-purpose web scraping system engineered for reliability, precision, and automation. Using JavaScript and Puppeteer, it extracts and caches relevant data from selected online sources, processes the content to reduce noise and normalize structure, and stores the refined results in a PostgreSQL database. USI also features automated report generation and an interactive dashboard for data visualization, while its Shopify GraphQL integration enables direct synchronization of cleaned data to storefronts — closing the loop between extraction and deployment.

Timeline
4 months
Team
2 full-stack developers
USI-Bot

Key Features

Puppeteer-based scraping engine
PostgreSQL-backed ETL pipeline
CSV report generation & dashboard analytics
Shopify GraphQL integration

Technologies Used

Node.js,PuppeteerPostgreSQLShopify GraphQL APIDocker

Challenges

Handling dynamic, JavaScript-heavy websites protected by anti-bot measures
Maintaining clean, normalized data across multiple sources
Automating large-scale data transformations and visual reporting
Integrating processed data directly into Shopify with minimal delay

Solutions

Built Puppeteer-based crawling scripts for real-browser scraping and caching
Implemented data cleaning and noise reduction pipelines
Automated data loading into PostgreSQL and CSV report generation
Developed Shopify GraphQL integration for seamless data sync

Results & Impact

Accurately extracted and processed targeted data from multiple sources
educed manual intervention by 90% via full automation
Enabled real-time Shopify updates and streamlined data workflows
Delivered consistent, structured CSV reports and dashboard insights

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